Bar Associations/Foundations

One of Indiana’s most familiar legal names – a frequent flier on buses, billboards and TV commercials –
says enforcement of disciplinary rules governing attorney advertising is a mess and needs an overhaul. The Indiana State Bar
Association is considering preapproving ads.

James Bell writes, "After stops in Ontario, Baltimore and Pennsylvania, I was raised in Alabama and later moved to Indiana
where I became a United States citizen. Had I grown up in Northern Ireland, things may have been different for me."

Ready to become a leader in your profession and your community? Applications are now being accepted for the 2014-2015 Bar
Leader Series, the IndyBar’s leadership development program for young attorneys.

Indiana Tech Law School sent a letter in March notifying the ABA of its intent to seek accreditation and will submit a self-study
in August which will explain what the school is about, where it wants to go and what challenges it faces. If the school does
well it could have provisional approval by the end of the spring 2015 semester.

We have all noticed that there are a lot of lawyers. On top of that, there are a lot of lawyers with less work than they would
like. Lawyering is a business and is controlled by traditional rules of commerce: supply, demand, pricing, quality, branding.
Lawyers are the product. They are the brand.

TRAC was founded to facilitate networking and learning among attorneys whose practices touch some form of motorsport, with
particular emphasis on uniting the open-wheel and stock car legal communities.

he journey to citizenship was experienced first-hand by students at the Shortridge Magnet School for Law and Public Policy
as the school, the IndyBar Public Outreach Committee and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
collaborated to host a naturalization ceremony on-site at the school Thursday, May 1.

While many are aware of the good the Indianapolis Bar Foundation does for the Indianapolis legal community, some might not
be aware that the IBF has been responsible for awarding more than 75 scholarships to law students since 1983. These scholarships
help alleviate the high cost of law school and provide students more affordable access to post-graduate education.

The importance of pro bono service is a theme that is routinely emphasized to practicing attorneys. For one law student, no
encouragement will be necessary. The Indianapolis Bar Association’s 2014 Law Student of the Year, Matthew Maples of
the Robert H. McKinney School of Law, has completed close to 2,000 hours of pro bono service during his law school career.

he offices of the Indianapolis Bar Association first learned of the city’s interest in pursuing a Justice Center several
months ago when they expressed interest in learning more about our task force work over the last 10 years.